Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., center, speaks during a news conference on health care, Monday, Dec. 14, 2009, on Capitol Hill in Washington. With Reid from left are Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., and Sen. Christopher Dodd, D-Conn. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari)AP – After months of turmoil, President Barack Obama and Senate Democrats are reaching for the unity they need to pass health care legislation by Christmas, but without the government-run insurance program that liberals have long sought.